Fungus

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Fungi
Orange saprotrophic fungus.
Orange saprotrophic fungus.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
L., 1753
Divisions

Chytridiomycota
Deuteromycota
Zygomycota
Glomeromycota
Ascomycota
Basidiomycota

A Fungus (plural: Fungi) is a kind of living organism which is not a plant or an animal or a protist or a eubacteria or an archaebacteria. In the past, people thought fungi were plants. Some fungi are mushrooms, moulds and yeasts. A fungus breaks down the dead matter around it and uses it as food.

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[change] Reproduction

Fungi reproduce sexually and asexually. Some fungi have gills which make spores that will be used to make new fungi.

[change] Fugal states

Two fungal states exist: the unicellular or "yeast" form and the mycelial form.

[change] Yeast form

The yeast form is single-celled and reproduction occurs by simple budding or binary fission.

[change] Mycelial form

The mycelial form is the vegetative growth of filaments.

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